Today was the last Sunday of the year! A new year will begin in just a few days! With that brings OUR NEW BUILDING!!!
Here is the announcement in today's Sacrament Bulletin:
CONCORDIA MEETING HOUSE UPDATE:
Much has changed on the outside with the plantings of landscape galore! The outside trim is looking complete. We will know about the status on after the project manager meets with the architect and the contractor this Wednesday, December 29th, 2010. The Project Manager's message to President Knapp (Stake President) was that he expected we could begin meeting in the building on January 16th, 2011. That is only three weeks! Most exciting.
From our observation, we have noticed lots of trees and bushes planted along the church grounds. Then it was followed up with a thick layer of mulch. While driving past the building in the dark, we noticed parking lot lights and they were on! What a beautiful building this is! We just cant wait to see inside! Hopefully we will learn on Wednesday details of the repaired damaged parts from the water leak.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Moving Forward...
Lots of progress on the outside of the building this week! We are surprised to see that trees and bushes are being planted for landscaping! How exciting! I didn't realize that these could be planted in the winter.
No word on the work inside. Certainly the contractors are feverishly working to correct any water damage that was done!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
GoOd NeWs Or BaD nEwS?
The good news is that progress is still going forth on the building. The contractors are very dedicated to this project. It has been said, the General Contractor has come in the middle of the night to check on things.
The bad news is that things have changed....delayed. The water was turned on on Wednesday, and the carpet was laid on Wednesday, not on Saturday as I last reported. We drove by on Saturday and saw all the carpet laying outside in the parking lot. The workers were using a little bobcat to smooth out soil.
When we got to Church this morning, my dad was telling me a story. I didn't believe him because he tells stories to get a rise out of me, and I was NOT buying into this one. Then the announcement came over the pulpit by President Powell. My dad's story was not at all an embellishment. I nearly cried. The story goes like this:
The water was turned on in the building on Wednesday, and carpet was laid. Work was continuing as usual. The General Contractor woke in the middle of the night, went to check on the building, and everything was fine. Thursday morning, when workers arrived, water was coming out of every door. :( I don't know what has happened, if a water main broke, froze or was not hooked up completely, but it was really bad. The font was only a foot or two full, as far as I can remember Sister Powell telling me, but it was because all the drains in the building (bathrooms, font, kitchen, custodial closet) were working over time, but were not able to keep up with the water flow.
Damage: Reportedly, the sisal has been removed from the walls now. Fans are blowing trying to dry things out. Sheet rock will have to be removed. I am not sure if it is from chair rail down or all of it. It depends on whether it wicked all the way up or not.
Someone said to me when we heard this was that God was punishing us, but it is Satan who doesn't want our building.
So, as it stands, work is continuing on. This is but a small set back. Disappointing for sure, but at least it wasn't a fire. :O)
Looking at the pictures, the trash is full of debris left over from the flooding, and the carpet still sits out in the parking lot. It will be replaced as well as the sisal (sisal is sort of a jute twine carpet that is used for walls). Another big plus is that there is NO furnishings in the building that could have been destroyed, although I wonder about the lower kitchen cabinets.
Work will continue, and even though this is a wound to the building, we will still have our beautiful building to meet in soon!
The trash over-floweth.
The ruined carpet, blowing in the wind.
The bad news is that things have changed....delayed. The water was turned on on Wednesday, and the carpet was laid on Wednesday, not on Saturday as I last reported. We drove by on Saturday and saw all the carpet laying outside in the parking lot. The workers were using a little bobcat to smooth out soil.
When we got to Church this morning, my dad was telling me a story. I didn't believe him because he tells stories to get a rise out of me, and I was NOT buying into this one. Then the announcement came over the pulpit by President Powell. My dad's story was not at all an embellishment. I nearly cried. The story goes like this:
The water was turned on in the building on Wednesday, and carpet was laid. Work was continuing as usual. The General Contractor woke in the middle of the night, went to check on the building, and everything was fine. Thursday morning, when workers arrived, water was coming out of every door. :( I don't know what has happened, if a water main broke, froze or was not hooked up completely, but it was really bad. The font was only a foot or two full, as far as I can remember Sister Powell telling me, but it was because all the drains in the building (bathrooms, font, kitchen, custodial closet) were working over time, but were not able to keep up with the water flow.
Damage: Reportedly, the sisal has been removed from the walls now. Fans are blowing trying to dry things out. Sheet rock will have to be removed. I am not sure if it is from chair rail down or all of it. It depends on whether it wicked all the way up or not.
Someone said to me when we heard this was that God was punishing us, but it is Satan who doesn't want our building.
So, as it stands, work is continuing on. This is but a small set back. Disappointing for sure, but at least it wasn't a fire. :O)
Looking at the pictures, the trash is full of debris left over from the flooding, and the carpet still sits out in the parking lot. It will be replaced as well as the sisal (sisal is sort of a jute twine carpet that is used for walls). Another big plus is that there is NO furnishings in the building that could have been destroyed, although I wonder about the lower kitchen cabinets.
Work will continue, and even though this is a wound to the building, we will still have our beautiful building to meet in soon!
The trash over-floweth. 
The ruined carpet, blowing in the wind.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Latest Update!
It has been a long time between posts. This is due in part because lots of times, there is nothing new visually to report, and other times, time just gets away and I have not had a chance to blog! Here are the latest things happening:
The crew is putting in the underground sprinkler system now. It is going to be beautiful once it is landscape in the Spring!
This is the back view of the building. You can see the large parking lot. It is a beautiful site to see through the bare trees!
November 21st, 2010 Sacrament Meeting bulletin from the Branch Presidency
- The contractor expects the building to be completed by December 16th. The exterior is mostly done, inside the ceiling and walls are painted and doors are hung, sidewalks are in place and parking lot is being poured. Pray for dry weather so they can finish the outside work
December 5th, 2010 Sacrament Meeting bulletin from the Branch Presidency
- Inside the finishing is progressing rapidly; the exterior is mostly done, the parking lot is poured, the topsoil is being replaced around the building, and the sprinkler system is being installed. Pray for dry weather so the contractor can finish the grounds work. It will be too cold to install the sod and some plantings so these will be done in the spring when the soil warms up. The contractor expects to be completed in 2-3 weeks. The project manager said we could likely meet in the building in mid January.
The crew is putting in the underground sprinkler system now. It is going to be beautiful once it is landscape in the Spring!
This is the back view of the building. You can see the large parking lot. It is a beautiful site to see through the bare trees!Looking through the doors (from the road), we can see that there is trim up on the walls, fire alarms in place, lighting in place as well! It is hard not getting to see the inside. I hope that once the contractors are finished that we will be able to go in for a tour. (hint hint). :)
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